The second-borns will need to work together in time to save the world's royalty. Sam doesn't know it yet, but the criminal has a personal connection to her, and his plot revolves around the coronation ceremony of her sister, Eleanor (Ashley Liao). Their training is interrupted when a highly dangerous criminal (Greg Bryk) escapes prison, and the second-borns are wrapped up in his evil plot to end all monarchies by killing the first-born royals. The teens are told by their instructor ( Skylar Astin) that they have to discover their individual powers and then learn how to wield them for the good of their country. Sent to summer school, ostensibly as punishment for her troublesome behavior, Sam finds herself in a training academy with five other teenagers, all "second-born royals." They all have a special gene that gives them superpowers. Samantha ( Peyton Elizabeth Lee) is a guitar-playing teenager who rebels against her small European country's monarchy, even though her sister is about to be crowned queen, in SECRET SOCIETY OF SECOND-BORN ROYALS. I saw some other review talking about a dad getting murdered and someone getting killed with a shovel. There are a few fight scenes but they are just choreographed martial arts - very short and totally bloodless. I guess if the monarchy finally does step down everyone's DNA would suddenly mutate as well? And the bad guy's weapon is a device that can detect and target only the DNA of first born royals somehow. The premise is that all second born royals inherit a gene that gives them superpowers when they reach puberty. The bad science was a little annoying for me. Meanwhile some people are protesting the idea of still living in a monarchy, and oppose the idea of having a royal family at all. They are all princes and princesses, second in line to the throne, and so are candidates for a super secret society of crime fighters. A bunch of kids learn to work together and save the day. Not as good as the Descendants movies, and about as harmless. I watched this movie with my eight year old, and she enjoyed it. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly There's mild flirting between the teen characters, and language is limited to "sucks" and "jerk." The main character rebels against her own royal family, shouting "Down with the monarchy!" in public and sneaking into a club even though she's underage. There are some positive messages here that could hit home with younger viewers, including teen characters needing to master their own insecurities and learning to care about other people and spend less time online. The teens learn about teamwork, friendship, and the value of traditions - and also about betrayal and people who are willing to kill for their own purposes. It will be up to the second-borns to save the royal families, even if that means eliminating the criminal. A dangerous criminal with the ability to move objects with his mind escapes prison and launches a deadly plot to kill the world's royalty. As a group of teenage "second-born royals" discover their secret superpowers and are trained to use them, the teens are put into perilous situations: They're shot at with lasers, thrown to the ground, hit by falling objects, and more. Parents need to know that Secret Society of Second-Born Royals stars Andi Mack's Peyton Elizabeth Lee and has fantasy, adventure, and some violence.
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